Match No 42 – West Indies Vs England at Gros Islet on 19.06.24 – England won by eight wickets

BA King of West Indies retired not out hurt after scoring 23 in this game to provide the fifth occasion of a batsman retired not out hurt in an innings in the World Cup.  It also provides the first occasion of a West Indies batsman retired not out hurt in an innings in the World Cup

BA King of West Indies retired not out hurt after scoring 23 in this game to provide the fourth occasion of an opening batsman retired not out hurt in an innings in the World Cup.  It also provides the first occasion of a West Indies opening batsman retired not out hurt in an innings in the World Cup

JC Buttler of England scored 25 in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 850 runs as a wicket keeper batsman in the World Cup. He now owns the record for most runs by a wicket keeper batsman in the World Cup

JC Buttler of England scored 25 in this game which fetched him an aggregate of 585 runs as a wicket keeper opening batsman in the World Cup. He now owns the record for most runs by a wicket keeper opening batsman in the World Cup

JC Buttler has scored 76 boundary fours and 36 boundary fours as a wicket keeper batsman in the World Cup which are records for most boundary fours and boundary sixes scored by a wicket keeper batsman in the World Cup

PD Salt of England scored 87 not out in this game to provide the 331st occasion of a batsman scoring a half century in an innings in the World Cup.  It also provides the 28^th occasion of an England batsman scoring a half century in an innings in the World Cup.

PD Salt of England scored 87 not out in this game to provide the 116th occasion of a batsman scoring an unbeaten half century in an innings in the World Cup.  It also provides the tenth occasion of an England batsman scoring an unbeaten half century in an innings in the World Cup.

PD Salt of England scored 87 not out in this game to provide the 162nd occasion of an opening batsman scoring a half century in an innings in the World Cup.  It also provides the 13^th occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a half century in an innings in the World Cup.

PD Salt of England scored 87 not out in this game to provide the 41st occasion of an opening batsman scoring an unbeaten half century in an innings in the World Cup.  It also provides the fourth occasion of an England opening batsman scoring a half century in an innings in the World Cup.

England won this game by eight wickets providing the 23^rd occasion of a team winning a World Cup game by eight wickets margin. It also provides the fourth occasion of England winning a World Cup game by eight wickets margin.

England won its 27^th game in the World Cup.  Other teams to win more than 27 games in the World Cup are – Sri Lanka {32}, India {30}, Pakistan {30}, Australia {29} and South Africa {29}